Clothes rack



March 1,620,199 J. B. FELICETY CLOTHES RACK 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 29, 1926 Patented Mar. 8, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLOTHES RACK:

Application filed December 29, 1926. Serial No. 157,671.

My invention relates to clothes racks and more particularly to racks adapted to hold towels, articles of clothing, etc. while they are drying.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a compact rack on which a large quantity of articles may be dried or aired in a comparatively small space.

Another object of my invention is to provide a ,rack which is adapted to be placed at varying heights on'radiators or in front of hot air registers.

Another object is to providea clothes rack which may be folded into compact space when not in use.

Still another object is to provide a clothes rack that ma be loaded in one place and readily move to another place for unload- 111 'lhese objects, and other advantageous ends which will be described hereinafter,-I attain in the following manner, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings in whic1 Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of my invention in extended position,

Figure 2 a front View showing the rack as it would appear when disposed on a radiator,

Figure 3 a view showing the rack in folded position,

Figure 4 a section on line 4- 1 of Figure 5,

Figure 5 an. enlarged fragmentary view showing the details of the hinge construction, and

Figure 6 a fragmenta sectional view show1n certain details 0 construction in a modi ed form.

Referring now more in detail to the drawin'gs, it will be noted that the embodiment illustrated is made of wood but it is thus shown for illustrative purposes only. 'It has a horizontal bar 7 from one side of which a plurality of round bars or pins 8 extend outwardly. A lug 9 is inserted in'the rear edge of bar 7 near one end and a lug 10 near its other end. A leg 11'is hinged to lug 9 by means of a bolt 12 and a leg 13 is similarly hinged to lug 10. A foot bar 14 is secured in the bottom end of each leg and extends parallel to pins 8, thus forming a foot for the rack.

Referring more particularly to Figures 4 and 5, it will be noted that the upper inner corner of leg 11 is cut on a curved line 15,-

the radius of .which is struck from the centerof bolt 12, and that the outside of the leg is provided witha notch 11 to accommodate lug 9. The distance from the underslde of bar 7 to bolt 12 is slightly more than one and one-h alf times the width of one leg so that, when leg 13 has been folded against bar 7, leg 11 may fold against leg 13, as shown in Figure 3.

Lug 10 and leg 13 are similar to lug 9 and leg 11 respectively with the exception that notch 13* is shorter than notch 11 and that bolt 12 is located but slightly more thanonehalf the width of the leg below the under-4 side of bar 7, so that the leg 13 may fold against the bar, as shown in Figure 3.

The tops of legs 11 and 13 are each provided with a flat bearing surface 16 which is adapted to bear against the underside of bar 7 when the legs are in a vertical position and prevent them from'rotating outwardly further on bolts 12.

- By referring to Figure 2, it will be noted that the foot bars 14 may be inserted between coils of a standard radiator 17 and bar 7 held at any desired height above the radiator, as the'coils of the radiator retain the foot bars in fixed positions and prevent the rack from collapsing. It will thus be seen that the rack may be set upright as in Figure 1, on a radiator or in a lowered position, as in Figure 2. When hot air heat is employed, the rack may be placed close to the stove or register and, when the register is in the wall of the room, the rack may be placed adjacent thereto and a large piece of cloth or paper hung over bar 7 and allowed to touch the floor so that the. heat must pass through the articles on the pins 8.

From the foregoing, it will be evident that my improved clothes rack may be folded, as shown in Figure 3, and stored behind a radiatoror in any other convenient place when not in use; that the pins 8 extend toward the user and thus make the rack easy to load; that the rack may be loaded or unloaded in a convenient place and easily carried to and from the place of drying; that it is always ready for use and may be folded or extended with two simple movements; that it may be extended to different heights above the top of a radiator to accommodate articles of different len hs; and that it will carry acase a smal angle bar 18 replaces bar 7 andhas a series of spaced holes punched in its down-standing leg to accommodate pins 19, which replace pins 8 and wh ch are provided with thin flat heads 20. hold the pins 19 firmly in angle bar 18, a strap 21 is rivetedto its inner side and covers the heads 20. Legs 11 and 13 would preferably be made of angle bars and the foot bars 14 would also be of metal.

While I have illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be readily understood that various modifications might be made without departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limit In self to the precise construction set forth, liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by .Letters'Patent is 1. A clothes rack including a horizontal bar, a row of pins extending from the bar, legs hinged to the bar, and feet at the bottoms of the legs extending parallel to the pins.

2. A clothes rack including a horizontal bar, a row of pins extending horizontally from the bar, lugs secured to the bar, a leg hinged to each lug, and feet at the bottoms of the legs extending parallel to the pins.

3. A clothes rack including a horizontal bar, a' row of ins extending horizontally from the bar, ugs secured to the bar, a leg hinged to each lug, a bearing surface on the top of each leg adapted'to abut the undersideof the bar, and feet at the bottoms of the legs extending parallel to the pins.

Figure 6 b In order to ut consider that I am at and para 4. A clothes rack including a horizontal ar, a row of pins extending horizontally from the bar, a short' lug near one end of the bar, a lon er lug near the other end of the bar; and-a leg hinged to each lug whereby one leg may be folded against the bar and the other eg folded against the first leg.

5. A clothes rackincluding a horizontal bar, a row of pins extending'horizontally from the bar', ashort lug near one end of the bar, a longer lug near the other end of the bar, a leg hin ed to each lug whereby onele may be to ded against the bargand the ot er leg folded against the first leg, and bearing surfaces on the to of the legs adapted to engage the underside of the bar.

6. A clothes rack including a horizontal bar, a row of pins extending horizontally from one side of the bar, a leg hinged near either end of thebar, and feet at the bot-" toms of the legs extending in the same direction and parallel to the pins.

7. A clot-hes rack including a horizontal bar, a row of pins extending horizontall from one side of the bar, a lug near each end of the bar, a leg hinged to each lug, abearing surface on the top of each leg adapt ed to abut the'underside of the bar, and feet on the legs extending in the same direction lel to the p1ns.

8. A clothes rack including a horizontal bar, a row of pins extendin from one sideof the bar, a s one end of the bar, other end of lug whereby-one leg may e folded against the bar and the other leg folded against the first leg, and bearing surfaces on the tops of-the legs adapted to abut the underside of the bar.

.In testimony whereof name tothis specification.

JOHN B. FELIOETY.

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